SubscribeJews and Arabs extending a hand towards athletic cooperation
It’s not quite Rocky (although maybe it is in a sense), but here’s a story from the IvoryTowerz, a blog on culture and society, about an unlikely 1-2 boxing combination: a Israel Jewish gym owner and a young Palestinian boxer. I can see the movie now. In another tale, perhaps feet would be more accurate: [...]
Congrats to the Haifa Heat
The Maccabi Haifa Heat — owned by NJ’s own Jeffrey Rosen — defeated Bnei Hasharon, 87-68, on May 10 to close out the Israeli Premier League quarterfinal series 3-1. The victory earned the Heat its first trip to the Final Four in the club’s history in its first year back in the Premier League after [...]
‘The spector of real-world invasion’
The decision by last-minute decision by Dubai government officials to deny a visa to Israeli Shahar Peer, thereby preventing her participation in the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships is getting a fair amount of buzz this morning, including from two prominent Jewish sports columnists. Such decisions against Israeli athletes are nothing new, writes Harvey Araton in [...]
In Israel, real life intrudes on sports
We take a lot for granted here. For one thing, minor as it might seem, we don’t expect our sports to be interrupted by violence. Unlike in Israel. This piece by Jeremy Last in the Jan. 1 online Jerusalem Post puts things into perspective. Following a rocket attack on the training facilities of the Hapoel [...]
Better sports through science
No, we’re not talking performance enhancing drugs here. Applied Cognitive Engineering (ACE), an Israeli company, has developed software to help in the mental aspects of basketball and is now in co-development with USA Hockey on a program for that sport. The story is covered in fully by Israel21c. Parents finally have a reason to encourage [...]
If you consider chess a sport…
Yeah, I know I said I was going on vacation, but here’s one more item: Israeli chess team takes silver JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s national team won its first medal ever in the international Chess Olympiad. The Israelis finished second to take the silver in the competition Tuesday night after defeating the Netherlands. Armenia won [...]
